How to disable 3rd party app tray icons/indicators in Ubuntu 18.10?
Would love to disable 3rd party app tray icons in Ubuntu 18.10, cause on HiDPi screen they look ugly - 
Heard that removing gnome-shell-extension-appindicator might take care of it, but it also wants to remove ubuntu-desktop* packages with it, so I wont even try it.
Tried also an extension called https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/351/icon-hider/ but it does not work as expected. It did hide the pointed app tray icon, but when you run the app again, another tray icon entry was created. I wont waste my time hiding new tray icons every time I launch an app.
I also don't want to install gnome vanilla. There must be a file/setting in the system somewhere that controls app indicators.
So any fix making app indicators disappear will be highly appreciated.
My system:
OS: Ubuntu 18.10 x86_64
Kernel: 4.18.0-15-generic
Shell: bash 4.4.19
Resolution: 3840x2160
DE: GNOME 3.30.1
WM: GNOME Shell
WM Theme: Adwaita
Theme: Yaru [GTK2/3]
Icons: Yaru [GTK2/3]
Terminal: gnome-terminal
CPU: Intel i7-6700K (8) @ 4.300GHz
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
Memory: 2790MiB / 32101MiB
indicator gnome-shell system-tray
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Would love to disable 3rd party app tray icons in Ubuntu 18.10, cause on HiDPi screen they look ugly -
Heard that removing gnome-shell-extension-appindicator might take care of it, but it also wants to remove ubuntu-desktop* packages with it, so I wont even try it.
Tried also an extension called https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/351/icon-hider/ but it does not work as expected. It did hide the pointed app tray icon, but when you run the app again, another tray icon entry was created. I wont waste my time hiding new tray icons every time I launch an app.
I also don't want to install gnome vanilla. There must be a file/setting in the system somewhere that controls app indicators.
So any fix making app indicators disappear will be highly appreciated.
My system:
OS: Ubuntu 18.10 x86_64
Kernel: 4.18.0-15-generic
Shell: bash 4.4.19
Resolution: 3840x2160
DE: GNOME 3.30.1
WM: GNOME Shell
WM Theme: Adwaita
Theme: Yaru [GTK2/3]
Icons: Yaru [GTK2/3]
Terminal: gnome-terminal
CPU: Intel i7-6700K (8) @ 4.300GHz
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
Memory: 2790MiB / 32101MiB
indicator gnome-shell system-tray
edited Feb 17 at 22:41
mature
2,1324931
asked Feb 17 at 22:14
DanyGeeDanyGee
366
add a comment |
Would love to disable 3rd party app tray icons in Ubuntu 18.10, cause on HiDPi screen they look ugly -
Heard that removing gnome-shell-extension-appindicator might take care of it, but it also wants to remove ubuntu-desktop* packages with it, so I wont even try it.
Tried also an extension called https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/351/icon-hider/ but it does not work as expected. It did hide the pointed app tray icon, but when you run the app again, another tray icon entry was created. I wont waste my time hiding new tray icons every time I launch an app.
I also don't want to install gnome vanilla. There must be a file/setting in the system somewhere that controls app indicators.
So any fix making app indicators disappear will be highly appreciated.
My system:
OS: Ubuntu 18.10 x86_64
Kernel: 4.18.0-15-generic
Shell: bash 4.4.19
Resolution: 3840x2160
DE: GNOME 3.30.1
WM: GNOME Shell
WM Theme: Adwaita
Theme: Yaru [GTK2/3]
Icons: Yaru [GTK2/3]
Terminal: gnome-terminal
CPU: Intel i7-6700K (8) @ 4.300GHz
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
Memory: 2790MiB / 32101MiB
indicator gnome-shell system-tray
edited Feb 17 at 22:41
mature
2,1324931
asked Feb 17 at 22:14
DanyGeeDanyGee
366
Would love to disable 3rd party app tray icons in Ubuntu 18.10, cause on HiDPi screen they look ugly -
Heard that removing gnome-shell-extension-appindicator might take care of it, but it also wants to remove ubuntu-desktop* packages with it, so I wont even try it.
Tried also an extension called https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/351/icon-hider/ but it does not work as expected. It did hide the pointed app tray icon, but when you run the app again, another tray icon entry was created. I wont waste my time hiding new tray icons every time I launch an app.
I also don't want to install gnome vanilla. There must be a file/setting in the system somewhere that controls app indicators.
So any fix making app indicators disappear will be highly appreciated.
My system:
OS: Ubuntu 18.10 x86_64
Kernel: 4.18.0-15-generic
Shell: bash 4.4.19
Resolution: 3840x2160
DE: GNOME 3.30.1
WM: GNOME Shell
WM Theme: Adwaita
Theme: Yaru [GTK2/3]
Icons: Yaru [GTK2/3]
Terminal: gnome-terminal
CPU: Intel i7-6700K (8) @ 4.300GHz
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
Memory: 2790MiB / 32101MiB
indicator gnome-shell system-tray
indicator gnome-shell system-tray
edited Feb 17 at 22:41
mature
2,1324931
asked Feb 17 at 22:14
DanyGeeDanyGee
366
edited Feb 17 at 22:41
mature
2,1324931
asked Feb 17 at 22:14
DanyGeeDanyGee
366
edited Feb 17 at 22:41
mature
2,1324931
edited Feb 17 at 22:41
mature
2,1324931
edited Feb 17 at 22:41
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asked Feb 17 at 22:14
DanyGeeDanyGee
366
asked Feb 17 at 22:14
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asked Feb 17 at 22:14
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I'm happy to share a solution to this problem.
File responsible for app indicators is /usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/ubuntu-appindicators@ubuntu.com/appIndicator.js
So, simply make a backup of it - appIndicator.js.BAK = no more ugly indicators.
And don't forget to restart the machine/session for changes to take effect ;)
The only downside of disabling it will be up to you to configure your apps to not show the tray icons and not interact with it.
And a proof...
answered Feb 19 at 8:18
DanyGeeDanyGee
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This should work fine, but note that sincegnome-shell-extension-appindicatoris a pre-installed system package (and also a part of theubuntu-desktopmetapacakge), any update to the package would reverse this change. So you'll have to this once again.
– pomsky
Feb 19 at 10:30
Yes, u will have to re-apply the hack. You can more/less automate it with proper bash script, like almost any workaround in Linux.
– DanyGee
Feb 19 at 10:43
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I'm happy to share a solution to this problem.
File responsible for app indicators is /usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/ubuntu-appindicators@ubuntu.com/appIndicator.js
So, simply make a backup of it - appIndicator.js.BAK = no more ugly indicators.
And don't forget to restart the machine/session for changes to take effect ;)
The only downside of disabling it will be up to you to configure your apps to not show the tray icons and not interact with it.
And a proof...
answered Feb 19 at 8:18
DanyGeeDanyGee
366
This should work fine, but note that sincegnome-shell-extension-appindicatoris a pre-installed system package (and also a part of theubuntu-desktopmetapacakge), any update to the package would reverse this change. So you'll have to this once again.
– pomsky
Feb 19 at 10:30
Yes, u will have to re-apply the hack. You can more/less automate it with proper bash script, like almost any workaround in Linux.
– DanyGee
Feb 19 at 10:43
add a comment |
I'm happy to share a solution to this problem.
File responsible for app indicators is /usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/ubuntu-appindicators@ubuntu.com/appIndicator.js
So, simply make a backup of it - appIndicator.js.BAK = no more ugly indicators.
And don't forget to restart the machine/session for changes to take effect ;)
The only downside of disabling it will be up to you to configure your apps to not show the tray icons and not interact with it.
And a proof...
answered Feb 19 at 8:18
DanyGeeDanyGee
366
This should work fine, but note that sincegnome-shell-extension-appindicatoris a pre-installed system package (and also a part of theubuntu-desktopmetapacakge), any update to the package would reverse this change. So you'll have to this once again.
– pomsky
Feb 19 at 10:30
Yes, u will have to re-apply the hack. You can more/less automate it with proper bash script, like almost any workaround in Linux.
– DanyGee
Feb 19 at 10:43
add a comment |
I'm happy to share a solution to this problem.
File responsible for app indicators is /usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/ubuntu-appindicators@ubuntu.com/appIndicator.js
So, simply make a backup of it - appIndicator.js.BAK = no more ugly indicators.
And don't forget to restart the machine/session for changes to take effect ;)
The only downside of disabling it will be up to you to configure your apps to not show the tray icons and not interact with it.
And a proof...
answered Feb 19 at 8:18
DanyGeeDanyGee
366
I'm happy to share a solution to this problem.
File responsible for app indicators is /usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/ubuntu-appindicators@ubuntu.com/appIndicator.js
So, simply make a backup of it - appIndicator.js.BAK = no more ugly indicators.
And don't forget to restart the machine/session for changes to take effect ;)
The only downside of disabling it will be up to you to configure your apps to not show the tray icons and not interact with it.
And a proof...
answered Feb 19 at 8:18
DanyGeeDanyGee
366
edited Feb 19 at 8:32
answered Feb 19 at 8:18
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answered Feb 19 at 8:18
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answered Feb 19 at 8:18
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This should work fine, but note that sincegnome-shell-extension-appindicatoris a pre-installed system package (and also a part of theubuntu-desktopmetapacakge), any update to the package would reverse this change. So you'll have to this once again.
– pomsky
Feb 19 at 10:30
Yes, u will have to re-apply the hack. You can more/less automate it with proper bash script, like almost any workaround in Linux.
– DanyGee
Feb 19 at 10:43
add a comment |
This should work fine, but note that sincegnome-shell-extension-appindicatoris a pre-installed system package (and also a part of theubuntu-desktopmetapacakge), any update to the package would reverse this change. So you'll have to this once again.
– pomsky
Feb 19 at 10:30
Yes, u will have to re-apply the hack. You can more/less automate it with proper bash script, like almost any workaround in Linux.
– DanyGee
Feb 19 at 10:43
This should work fine, but note that since
gnome-shell-extension-appindicator is a pre-installed system package (and also a part of the ubuntu-desktop metapacakge), any update to the package would reverse this change. So you'll have to this once again.– pomsky
Feb 19 at 10:30
This should work fine, but note that since
gnome-shell-extension-appindicator is a pre-installed system package (and also a part of the ubuntu-desktop metapacakge), any update to the package would reverse this change. So you'll have to this once again.– pomsky
Feb 19 at 10:30
Yes, u will have to re-apply the hack. You can more/less automate it with proper bash script, like almost any workaround in Linux.
– DanyGee
Feb 19 at 10:43
Yes, u will have to re-apply the hack. You can more/less automate it with proper bash script, like almost any workaround in Linux.
– DanyGee
Feb 19 at 10:43
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